This document discusses how God uses money and possessions to shape people. It argues that stress comes from insisting on control over things that belong to God as the owner. However, God entrusts people with resources as stewards who are accountable for how they invest what is given. Those who are faithful and invest wisely will be rewarded by God, while those who fail to invest properly will lose what they were given. The overall message is that people should recognize God as the true owner and use money and possessions to honor him as temporary stewards of what he has provided.

1. Hisv."Mine"

2. • Purpose & Accountability vs. "Mine!" and
Stress
• Diligent Work & Integrity vs. Laziness and
Short Cuts
• Big-Heartedness and Generosity vs. Small-
Heartedness and Stinginess
• Debt-Free and Contentment vs. Coveting
and Impulse Buying
• Trust & Peace vs. "Control" and Worry
How God Uses Money To Shape Us

3. A major driver of stress is our
insistence to be in control.

4. Psalm 24:1-2 The earth is the Lord's,
and everything in it, the world, and all
who live in it; for he founded it upon the
seas and established it upon the waters.

5. Luke 18:16 But Jesus called the children
to him and said, "Let the little children
come to me, and do not hinder them, for
the kingdom of God belongs to such as
these.

6. 17 I tell you the truth, anyone who will
not receive the kingdom of God like a
little child will never enter it."

7. Stress comes from having to control
something you intuitively deem as
essential to your well-being.

8. 1 Corinthians 29:14 "But who am I, and
who are my people, that we should be
able to give as generously as this?
Everything comes from you, and we have
given you only what comes from your
hand."
Ownership: God Is Owner, Not Me

9. Psalm 50:10 for every animal of the
forest is mine, and the cattle on a
thousand hills.
Ownership: God Is Owner, Not Me

10. Psalm 100:3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his; we
are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Ownership: God Is Owner, Not Me

11. Matthew 25:14 it will be like a man
going on a journey who called his
servants and entrusted his property to
them.
Stewardship: God Entrusts Us With What's
His

12. Deuteronomy 8:18 But remember the
Lord your God, for it is he who gives you
the ability to produce wealth, and so
confirms his covenant, which he swore to
your forefathers, as it is today.
Stewardship: God Entrusts Us With What's
His

13. The antidote to stress is stewardship.

14. Matthew 25:15 "To one he gave five
talents of money, to another two talents,
and to another one talent, each
according to his ability. Then he went on
his journey."
Stewardship: God Entrusts Us With What's
His

15. Matthew 25:19 "After a long time the
master of those servants returned and
settled accounts with them."
Accountability: God Settles Accounts

16. Romans 14:12 So then, each of us will
give an account of himself to God.
Accountability: God Settles Accounts

17. Hebrews 9:27 Just as man is destined to
die once, and after that to face judgment.
Accountability: God Settles Accounts

18. Matthew 25:21 "His master replied,
'Well done, good and faithful servant!
You have been faithful with a few things;
I will put you in charge of many things.
Come and share your master's
happiness!'"
Reward: God Rewards Us For Our
Investments

19. • Appreciation: who you are. Someone
significant notices what you did and it
mattered to them.
• Affirmation: what you did. Someone
significant notices what you did and it made a
difference.
• Acquisition: what you get. You were given
extra privilege and reward.
• Affection: what you feel. There is a shared joy
and fulfillment.

20. Matthew 25:24 "Then the man who had
received the one talent came. 'Master,' he
said, 'I knew that you are a hard man,
harvesting where you have not sown and
gathering where you have not scattered
seed…
Loss: God Removes What We Will Not Invest

21. 25 'So I was afraid and went out and hid
your talent in the ground. See, here is
what belongs to you.'
Loss: God Removes What We Will Not Invest

22. 26 "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy
servant! So you knew that I harvest
where I have not sown and gather where
I have not scattered seed?
Loss: God Removes What We Will Not Invest

23. 27 Well then, you should have put my
money on deposit with the bankers, so
that when I returned I would have
received it back with interest.'"
Loss: God Removes What We Will Not Invest

24. 28 'Take the talent from him and give it to
the one who has the ten talents. For
everyone who has will be given more,
and he will have an abundance. Whoever
does not have, even what he has will be
taken from him."
Loss: God Removes What We Will Not Invest

25. 30 "And throw that worthless servant
outside, into the darkness, where there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Loss: God Removes What We Will Not Invest

26. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that
your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,
who is in you, whom you have received
from God? 20 You are not your own; you
were bought at a price. Therefore honor
God with your body.
Loss: God Removes What We Will Not Invest

27. Hisv."Mine"